I received a box of awesome spicecorp shirts yesterday (which if you attended one of the previous meetings, you will be getting at the next event), and realized we haven't had a meeting in 3 months. This must be fixed! Let's hear some suggestions for meeting times and places in this thread, and see what we can make happen in the next few weeks! With enough advance notice, we may even be able to get a sponsor, just like our first two meetings.

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Any day except Wednesdays would work well for me. I have never been there, but I have seen a few local tech groups having meetings / gatherings at the Fab Lab so I don't know if that would be an option.

That's a good question. I had hoped that this thread would have generated more interest, however, that doesn't appear to be the case. We should probably just set a date and go with it. Our 2 previous meetings have been on Tuesdays, and I'm fine keeping that trend going. With that in mind (and skipping next week), we're looking at 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, and 10/4. I personally couldn't make the 27th (something about my anniversary or something...), however, that shouldn't stop the group from meeting. We need to find a new meeting space (because Orchid Ceramics is shutting down), so if anyone has a conference room, please chime in. If that doesn't work, we could always go back to the Hideaway. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Also, if you attended one of the first two meetings, I have a SpiceCorp t-shirt for you, which you will get at the next meeting.

Well how about the 20th Sept then? What normally goes down @ a spicecorps meetup? What is a 'normal' meeting? That may help us figure out a suitable meeting place.

Are there any IT service providers / contractors in here that want a good opportunity to meet a bunch of potential clients? Anybody know of a local provider that has some sort of facilities we could use in return for a sales pitch?

Our previous 2 meetings were both sponsored events (Shavlik - via video conference, and Eaton - actually sent someone out). Once we set the meeting, we will probably be contacted to sponsor the event. Spiceworks prefers that we use actual Spiceworks vendors (unless that policy has changed recently), so we may not have much flex on that. We had 8-10 people at both meetings, so we don't need a ton of space. If we don't have a sponsor, we'll probably all just get together, share IT stories, and talk about what we're doing with Spiceworks (tips, tricks, etc). When we had the meeting at Hideaway, we got the room for free, as long as we got food (which we did).

Rob brings up a good point. Since we are less than a week away, I think we should delay the meeting until Tuesday 10/4 (unless everyone is in favor of doing it next week, in which case, I will create the meeting today). If we wait, it will give us a better chance to pick up a sponsor, plus give everyone time to make the necessary arrangements to attend the meetings. Thoughts?

October 4th would be my Birthday, so I HOPE I will have plans by then, but don't let that stop you guys. I know 9-27 was bad for Phillip, what about picking a day other than Tuesday?

As for sponsors, I don't know if they do that sort of thing, but it probably wouldn't hurt trying to hit up Unitrends. They are pretty involved in SpiceWorks & are putting a lot of effort into a big trial of their units at the moment. I know they have a vendor based in OKC that has a rep in Tulsa. Perhaps they would put on a spread in return for some face time & a demo? I think Katie would be a good person to speak with.

Alright, it's now Tuesday 9/20. We're not having a meeting tonight. Barring any objections, I want to set the meeting up for Tuesday 10/4 at 7pm. I will contact Unitrends about possible sponsorship. Hideaway on South Harvard should be the location (assuming they're available). I know RobWJPR mentioned that 10/4 would be bad for him, so I'm also open to 10/6 (assuming everything is available). I think we need to have a meeting prior to Spiceworld, so that first week in October may be the best bet. Let's discuss it in this thread, and I will make the arrangements tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon.